Chevrolet Corvette News
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The loose nut behind the wheel is the most important part of any car, as Frederick Chin of Chin Motorsports illustrated recently at the Circuit of Americas. DON’T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Does Burnout, Then Runs The Quarter Mile: Video Facing off against a McLaren P1 in his brand-new 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 with the Z07 package, Chin sticks to the back of the million-plus-dollar hypercar like fuzz on Velcro, only losing ground on the straights where even the 650 horsepower of the Z06 seems small compared to the McLaren’s 903 hp. SEE MORE: Meet The Man That Owns A Ferrari...
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Freeway Three Way: Corvette Z06 Vs. Challenger SRT Hellcat Vs. Mustang Shelby GT500Now, you wouldn't think pitting three of America's most powerful cars against each other on a public road would be a good idea—and you'd be right. MUST WATCH: Drifting On Ice With The Porsche 918: Video For three-pedal fans keeping score at home, each of these drivers is rowing his own gears...
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Blown-Engine Z06 Has Triumphant Track Return: VideoRemember that story about a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 that wound up with a blown engine at just 891 miles? That car is back in action, and the owner recently put it to work at Road Atlanta. Thanks to his Performance Data Recorder, we can watch the action unfold. WATCH: Chevy Corvette Z06...
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Callaway C12 Owned By Dale Jr. Hits eBayIf you're a Corvette fan, it's probably safe to say that you're also a Callaway fan. No, I don't mean the group that make golf clubs, but rather Callaway cars. The Connecticut-based team has been turning out modified Corvettes in various shades of aggression for many years now. MUST SEE: Watch The...
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Hennessey HPE700 Supercharged Corvette Runs The Quarter: VideoWould you be sad if you had the keys to a C7 Corvette and it was saddled with the eight-speed automatic gearbox? You shouldn't be because, by all accounts, it's a pretty slick transmission. Also, as John Hennessey proves, the auto cog-swapping coupe capable of tremendous feats of acceleration...
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Corvette Engine Build Experience Is Back, But Only For Z06 BuyersFor several years, Chevrolet allowed buyers of high-end Corvette models like the Z06 and ZR1 to help assemble the engine powering their car as part of a special engine build experience. The program took place at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Performance Build Center, located at Wixom...
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"Annihilates" is a pretty strong word here. It's the title that the uploader has chosen for a video showing a Dodge Challenger Hellcat making a few runs from a roll against a new Chevrolet Corvette Z06. The two cars are running side by side down the highway, you hear the three honks of a horn to signify the race, and then both cars take off. This is 707 horsepower versus 650 horsepower, and it's America versus America on a Texas highway. ALSO SEE: Jay Leno Encounters The Boys In Blue In The 2015 Corvette Z06: Video We wouldn't go so far as to call this annihilation. It's a victory to the more...
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Jay Leno Encounters The Boys In Blue In The 2015 Corvette Z06: VideoWe’ll be bringing you our first drive report on the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 very soon, but Jay Leno already had some time behind the wheel and has posted up a video of his experience on his YouTube channel Jay Leno’s Garage. MUST WATCH: BMW M4 Jumps The Median Strip After...
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First 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Engine Destroyed With Just 891 Miles On The ClockAll of those reports about power being down on early examples of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 due to the ongoing break-in process (with full power to come just a few hundred miles down the road) aside, there are worse things that can happen with a new supercar engine. For example, they can lunch...
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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Runs 1/4-Mile On Performance Data Recorder: VideoThe 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is still arriving at its first batch of customers, but already we’re seeing the fruits of GM’s monster performance efforts—as well as of the high-tech Performance Data Recorder system that comes with it (and is available in other Corvettes, too)...
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Historic Corvette SR-2 Race Car Up For Auction: Batmobile Meets Real LifeThis piece of history may look like a mashup of the Batmobile and a first-generation Corvette, but it’s more significant than that. It’s the first factory-built and sponsored Corvette-based race car to come out of General Motors, with design and performance work done by the Fathers of...
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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Wins Redemption Against Viper T/A: VideoThe street isn’t an appropriate place to race for a hundred different reasons, not least of which is the stupidity of doing 150-plus-mph in an open environment, without proper emergency support or safety gear. But hey, people are going to do it anyway, so we may as well enjoy the fruits of...
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We now have one of the first videos of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 running down the quarter mile, and it’s every bit as epic as you’d expect for a 650-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive rocket like the latest Z06. The video comes to us by way of HorsepowerPhotos, and it shows the driver of the Z06 first warming up the tires with a quick burnout and then proceeding to run down the quarter mile. DON'T MISS: Porsche 91 8 Spyder Crashes In China, Driver May Have Been Owner's Friend His time was a reasonable 11.7 seconds at 120.5 mph, which isn’t bad considering this was a...
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2015 Corvette Stingray PDR Camera Captures Valet Hitting 50 MPH In Parking Garage: VideoThe Valet Mode of the Stingray’s Performance Data Recorder system is a cool feature—even if it has drawn some heat for its potential illegal recording of audio. But you don’t need audio to see what’s wrong with this valet’s treatment of a new 2015 Corvette. MUST SEE...
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New Chevys To Feature Corvette-Inspired StylingGeneral Motors Company [NYSE:GM] design chief Ed Welburn has revealed that future Chevrolet models will feature styling inspired by the Corvette. The link between the respective designs of the new cars and the brand’s halo vehicle will be subtle, with the new Chevys likely to borrow Corvette...
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Conservative ECU Tuning Causing Power Loss On 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06There’s no denying that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is one heck of a performance bargain, with the $78,995 coupe (or $83,995 convertible) coming with a supercar-like 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque straight out of the box. Now that the first examples have been delivered, some...
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Another C7 Corvette Z06 Hits The Dyno, Posts Strong Numbers: VideoThe team at Vengeance Racing has certainly been excited to take delivery of its new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Upon delivery, there was a massive burnout, which was followed up with a run on the dyno. That run produced power figures of 585 horsepower and 617 pound-feet of torque at the rear...
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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Dyno Shows 585 HP At The WheelsThis guy just celebrated his purchase of a new 2015 Corvette Z06 with a massive burnout, on video, and he's also already strapped it to the dyno to see what its baseline numbers are. They’re impressive. MUST SEE: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Owner Does Massive Burnout Minutes After Delivery: Video...
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It’s probably not quite correct to call someone who just plunked down something likely north of $80,000 for a new Z06 “lucky,” but that’s sure how it looks from where we’re sitting. This owner at least returns that luck with the favor of a massive burnout right after delivery. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Dyno Shows 585 HP At The Wheels What about the break-in period, you ask? Why do such a thing to a brand-new car? Yadda yadda. It’s his car. Let him entertain us. The burnout, posted by Vengeance Racing and shared by Corvette Forum, is, if not quite...
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First 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06s Are Being Delivered: GalleryWell that was fast. General Motors started shipping the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to dealers nationwide on Tuesday, and now customers are already starting to take delivery of the American supercar. That's right. Members of CorvetteForum are posting photos of the new Z06 already in...
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Starts Heading Out To DealersThe wait is almost over for those early bird customers that put a deposit down for a 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. The cars started shipping out to dealerships across the country yesterday, with Chevy telling us that some lucky customers will have the keys in their hands as early as this week. The...
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: First Fuel Economy Figures ReleasedThe 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 gets an EPA-rated 16 mpg combined with the automatic transmission.
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Hennessey Offering 1,000-HP Upgrade For 2015 Corvette Z06: VideoDeliveries of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are yet to start but John Hennessey and his team at Hennessey Performance have already come up with a number of performance upgrades for the car, ranging from about 750 to 1,000 horsepower. DON'T MISS: Watch A Big Rig Jump A Moving Formula One Car...
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Subaru And Chevy Tease New Vision Gran Turismo ConceptsA bit over a year ago, Polyphony Digital, the creator of the Gran Turismo video game series, reached out to the world’s major automakers, asking them to come up with a futuristic concept to celebrate the game’s 15th anniversary. Since that time we’ve seen some pretty wild concept...
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